The astronomical clock at Bracken House

            This building (1955-1959) is named after Bernard Bracken, former chairman of the Financial Times, which was published here until the 1980s. The building was among the first post-war buildings in the City of London to be listed and its redevelopment retained the entire outside facade, including the elegant astronomical clock approximately 1m in diameter bearing at its centre the face of Winston Churchill, a personal friend of Bernard Bracken.  Winston's face is at the centre of a golden sunburst; this is surrounded by gilded signs of the zodiac, on an azure background. Outside this are the names of the 12 months, then the 12 hours in Roman numerals and then the digits 5, 10, etc. up to 60. The day of the month is displayed in a window below Winston's face. There is another window to the upper right whose function is not clear. The different rings of the clock rotate so that the clock is read by just looking at what is currently at the top, where noon normally is on a more mundane time-piece.  Very cool!

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Taken on: October 7, 2013

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